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Police ID woman's body found in car trunk in Gardiner

Woman found dead in trunk of car now identified by police; died of blunt force injuries.

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Updated: 6:24 PM EDT Aug 13, 2018

Police ID woman's body found in car trunk in Gardiner

Woman found dead in trunk of car now identified by police; died of blunt force injuries.

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Updated: 6:24 PM EDT Aug 13, 2018

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WEBVTT IT TOOK A LOOK AT THE FORECAST IS COMING UP IN 10 MINUTES. MEGHAN: WE ARE GOING BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IN THE NEWSROOM. AUTHORITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR IN GARDINER. THE WORCESTER DA’S OFFERS SAID THE 28-YEAR-OLD DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE INJURIES. SHE WAS FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR LAST WEEK. HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY. ONCE POLICE PULLED THEM OVER POLICE SAY HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. HE WAS FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND BELIEVED BURGESS WAS KILLED THERE. POLICE CONTINU

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Police ID woman's body found in car trunk in Gardiner

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Police are identifying the woman who was found in the trunk of a car after a Massachusetts man shot and killed himself Thursday afternoon in Gardiner after being stopped by a state trooper, according to Maine State Police.The woman is being identified as 28-year-old Maddilyn Burgess. Investigators said the woman's death did not take place in Maine. The medical examiner in Maine determined Ms. Burgess died of blunt force injuries. Police identified the man as Gyrth Rutan, 34, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts.Investigators were at a scene in Sturbridge for much of Friday but no other details were provided.Police said it is unclear why Rutan drove to Maine, but investigators said he has family located in Maine and his Facebook page indicates that he grew up in Brewer.A trooper stopped his car on Timberwood Drive after getting a report of an erratic driver along I-295.The trooper spotted the car on the highway and then followed it along Route 201 in Gardiner until it turned onto Timberwood Drive.That is where the trooper pulled over the car, Rutan got out of his car armed with a shotgun and killed himself.

GARDINER, Maine —

Police are identifying the woman who was found in the trunk of a car after a Massachusetts man shot and killed himself Thursday afternoon in Gardiner after being stopped by a state trooper, according to Maine State Police.

The woman is being identified as 28-year-old Maddilyn Burgess.

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Investigators said the woman's death did not take place in Maine.

The medical examiner in Maine determined Ms. Burgess died of blunt force injuries.